A filter is an effect that changes an entire layer, channel, or selection. Some common filters include the Blur and Sharpen filters as well as distortion filters such as Spherize. The Filter menu, shown in Figure 1-11, consists almost entirely of cascading categories of image-transmogrifying plug-ins. You can wade through this menu to find the perfect effect to apply to an image or selection.
After you apply a filter, Photoshop moves the filter to the top of the Filter menu for easy accessibility in case you want to reapply the filter with the exact same settings. The new Filter Gallery command allows you to apply several filters simultaneously in one neat editing window.
To choose the last filter you used, use the Ctrl+F (Ô+F on the Mac) keyboard shortcut. Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker are more like miniprograms than filters. The rest of the Filter menu consists of 14 different filter categories, each containing from zero to a dozen or more options:
-->Single-step filters are pretty basic to use but can make a huge impact on an image.
These include simple filters such as the Blur, Facet, and Clouds filters. Just click each filter to apply it; it has no options to choose.
-->Dialog box-based filters let you choose options galore. These filters come complete with preview windows, buttons, slider controls, and menus. You can distort, pixelate, sharpen, stylize, apply textures, and perform other functions with these filters.
If you’ve installed additional filters from third parties, Photoshop lists them at the very bottom of the Filter menu. You can find third-party filters at Web sites such as www.alienskin.com, www.andromeda.com, and www.autofx.com.
After you apply a filter, Photoshop moves the filter to the top of the Filter menu for easy accessibility in case you want to reapply the filter with the exact same settings. The new Filter Gallery command allows you to apply several filters simultaneously in one neat editing window.
To choose the last filter you used, use the Ctrl+F (Ô+F on the Mac) keyboard shortcut. Extract, Liquify, and Pattern Maker are more like miniprograms than filters. The rest of the Filter menu consists of 14 different filter categories, each containing from zero to a dozen or more options:
-->Single-step filters are pretty basic to use but can make a huge impact on an image.
These include simple filters such as the Blur, Facet, and Clouds filters. Just click each filter to apply it; it has no options to choose.
-->Dialog box-based filters let you choose options galore. These filters come complete with preview windows, buttons, slider controls, and menus. You can distort, pixelate, sharpen, stylize, apply textures, and perform other functions with these filters.
If you’ve installed additional filters from third parties, Photoshop lists them at the very bottom of the Filter menu. You can find third-party filters at Web sites such as www.alienskin.com, www.andromeda.com, and www.autofx.com.
Applying filters in Photoshop
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